Aerial Assist and Ill Will

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Originally Posted by Chi Meson

If, on the other hand, the above Bot 1 thinks it deserves to keep the ball, and sloshes it around for 90 seconds without doing anything, that team is rejecting the spirit and written intent of the game. Well before that point, a strong-bot would and should intercept the ball and score it. If that team can't do so, then it is not as strong as they think they might be.

When a robot was chasing the same ball for half a match in 2012 it wasn't because it was planned that way. The driver just couldn't get the intake to work quite right, and always thought that if he just tried for a couple more seconds he would get it.

Similarly, I expect that this year there will be teams failing to pick up the ball for extended periods of time, and not because the drivers want to do poorly. Sure, you could go steal the ball from your partner, but don't expect them to like it. If they didn't think that they were going to get the ball they wouldn't still be trying to pick it up.